Race Date 6-10-06 * Texas Motor Speedway * Fort Worth, Texas
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS/ENGINE SPEED
1. 6 Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 213.624
2. 10 Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 213.588
3. 3 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 213.182
4. 9 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 212.929
5. 2 Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 212.823
6. 11 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 212.313
7. 8 Scott Sharp, Dallara-Honda, 212.242
8. 27 Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 211.933
9. 26 Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 211.923
10. 55 Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 211.545
11. 7 Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 211.532
12. 20 Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 211.395
13. 4 Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 211.284
14. 15 Buddy Rice, Dallara-Honda, 211.163
15. 16 Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 210.981
16. 17 Jeff Simmons, Dallara-Honda, 210.445
17. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr., Dallara-Honda, 209.414
18. 5 Buddy Lazier, Dallara-Honda, 209.152
19. 14 Felipe Giaffone, Dallara-Honda, no speed.
Bombardier Learjet 500k IRL IndyCar Series Event Notes:
This is the 17th IndyCar Series event at Texas Motor Speedway. Tomas Scheckter is the defending race winner. Gil de Ferran holds the qualifying record with a lap of 23.5031 seconds, 222.864 mph set in September 2005.
Six Indianapolis 500 winners are entered: Sam Hornish Jr. (2006), Dan Wheldon (2005), Buddy Rice (2004), Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002), Eddie Cheever Jr.(1998) and Buddy Lazier (1996).
Two IndyCar Series rookies are entered this weekend: Marco Andretti (Andretti Green Racing) and Jeff Simmons (Rahal Letterman Racing). Both are eligible for the $50,000 Bombardier Rookie of the Year title.
This is Sam Hornish Jr.'s third pole position this season and the ninth of his IndyCar Series career. He also won the Marlboro Pole Award at Homestead-Miami Speedway and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
This is Hornish's second pole at Texas Motor Speedway. He started first for the fall race in 2001 after the lineup was set by points due to rain.
This is Marlboro Team Penske's fifth pole position of the season and its 24th pole in the IndyCar Series. The team has started on the pole for five of the six IndyCar Series events in 2006.
Dan Wheldon qualified second, his first front-row start of the season and his best-ever start at Texas Motor Speedway.
Helio Castroneves qualified third, his sixth top-five start this season and his third consecutive top-five start.
Tim Broyles is serving as chief mechanic and tire changer for the #26 car of Marco Andretti this weekend. The team's regular chief mechanic, Mike Horvath, is with his wife, who is expecting a child.
Entering the sixth event of the 2005 IndyCar Series season, Dan Wheldon led Tony Kanaan by 65 points. This year, the top six drivers in points - Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Sam Hornish Jr., Wheldon, Kanaan and Vitor Meira - are separated by 58 points.
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